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  • When should an indwelling pleural catheter be considered for malignant pleural effusion?
    Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP, Kassem Harris, MD, FCCP and Thomas R. Gildea, MD, MS, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 891-894; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15075

    Consider catheter placement if symptoms and effusions recur or if pleurodesis fails.

  • Abdominal pain under immunosuppressive conditions
    Takayo Ota, MD, PhD, Masanobu Nakano, MSc, Noriko Tanaka, MD, Tomohiro Suzumura, MD, PhD, Nozomi Miyatake, BPharm, Yoshikazu Hasegawa, MD, PhD, Tomohiro Ozaki, MD, Hiroshi Tsukuda, MD and Masahiro Fukuoka, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 874-875; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15143

    A cancer patient receiving corticosteroids for a brain metastasis developed emphysematous cystitis and psoas muscle abscess.

  • Taurine, energy drinks, and neuroendocrine effects
    Jonathan J. Caine, MD and Thomas D. Geracioti, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 895-904; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15050

    Taurine is a major ingredient in popular energy drinks, but little is known about its neuroendocrine effects.

  • Hiding in clear sight: Complications of immunosuppressive therapies
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 862-863; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.12016

    Immunosuppressive drugs can mask the signs of deep infection and thus delay its diagnosis.

  • Update on the management of intestinal failure
    Shishira Bharadwaj, MD, Parul Tandon, DO, John M. Rivas, MD, Anne Furman, RD, Lisa Moccia, RD, Ashley Ratliff, RD, Abdullah Shatnawei, MD, Ezra Steiger, MD and Donald F. Kirby, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 841-848; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15045

    Bowel resection can lead to inability to maintain nutritional homeostasis, a serious complication.

  • Transcatheter mitral valve replacement: A frontier in cardiac intervention
    Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, Stephanie Mick, MD, Jose Navia, MD, A. Marc Gillinov, MD, E. Murat Tuzcu, MD and Samir R. Kapadia, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11 suppl 2) S10-S17; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83.s2.02
  • Bioresorbable stents: The future of interventional cardiology?
    Stephen G. Ellis, MD and Haris Riaz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11 suppl 2) S18-S23; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83.s2.03
  • Leadless cardiac pacing: What primary care providers and non-EP cardiologists should know
    Erich L. Kiehl, MD and Daniel J. Cantillon, MD, FACC, FHRS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11 suppl 2) S24-S34; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83.s2.04
  • Cardiovascular disease: Innovations in devices and techniques
    Maan A. Fares, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11 suppl 2) S9; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83.s2.01
  • Seeking medical care abroad: A challenge to empathy
    Nizar N. Zein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 801-803; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16097

    Empathy for international patients is not merely a matter of kindness, it is central to healing.

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